How To Install ruby-asciidoctor on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-asciidoctor on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-asciidoctor

ruby-asciidoctor is:

Asciidoctor is a pure Ruby processor for converting AsciiDoc source files and strings into HTML 5, DocBook 4.5, DocBook 5.0 and other formats.

This package contains the library files used by the asciidoctor package.

There are three methods to install ruby-asciidoctor on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ruby-asciidoctor Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-asciidoctor using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-asciidoctor

Install ruby-asciidoctor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-asciidoctor using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-asciidoctor

Install ruby-asciidoctor Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-asciidoctor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-asciidoctor

How To Uninstall ruby-asciidoctor on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-asciidoctor package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-asciidoctor

Uninstall ruby-asciidoctor And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-asciidoctor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-asciidoctor

Remove ruby-asciidoctor Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-asciidoctor configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-asciidoctor

Remove ruby-asciidoctor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-asciidoctor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-asciidoctor

Dependencies

ruby-asciidoctor have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-asciidoctor website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-asciidoctor package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.